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Ninth Circuit reinstates Arizona voting registration and mail-in voting laws

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday vacated a preliminary injunction that had blocked key provisions of Arizona’s contentious Senate Bill 1260 , resulting in the reinstatement of Arizona’s 2022 voter registration and mail-in voting laws which were intended to increase election security.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

JURIST

The United States Supreme Court Monday denied the appeal of Ramin Khorrami, an Arizona man who was convicted of fraud before an eight-member jury. Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah.

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“Supreme Court refuses to consider requiring 12-person juries; The court declined to take up an Arizona fraud case that could have eliminated the use of six- or eight-person juries in felony cases in the six states where they’re allowed”

HowAppealing

“Supreme Court refuses to consider requiring 12-person juries; The court declined to take up an Arizona fraud case that could have eliminated the use of six- or eight-person juries in felony cases in the six states where they’re allowed”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report. Gorsuch issued today.

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Hire Returning Citizens to Fix Labor Shortage, says Arizona Nonprofit

The Crime Report

Arouet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding jobs for people with criminal records, recently hosted a symposium in Arizona to convince businesses to hire people with felony convictions in their state, reports Jeremy Duda for Axios.

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Federal grand jury indicts Missouri man over threatening voicemail to Arizona election official

JURIST

A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri indicted Walter Lee Hoornstra Wednesday for threatening an Arizona election official. The indictment asserts that Hoornstra left a threatening voicemail on the personal cell phone of an election official in Arizona. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A.

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Is Corrections Officer Accused of Assault a Prison Misconduct Whistleblower? 

The Crime Report

Arizona Corrections Lt. According to a Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesperson, prosecutors “examined the facts and evidence and determined that a felony had been committed and prosecuted the case appropriately.” Officials have so far denied the allegations. Officials have so far denied the allegations.

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Justices asked to review Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

SCOTUSBlog

Under Arizona law, the trial judge could have sentenced Bassett for each count to either life in prison without the possibility of parole or life in prison with the possibility of “release” after 25 years. Arizona had passed a law a decade earlier rendering anyone convicted of homicide, including murder, ineligible for parole.